Are you a Star Trek fan?

[indranee]

but he's doing a prequel, Biggshow. of TOS, no less. that alone makes me a bit apprehensive, you've got to understand. but I'm keeping an open mind and an open heart. he SEEMS to be on the right path so far.

and, Sector 7, thanks.

EDIT: I was never a Star Wars fan. and I kinda like the PT. but when I see old SW fans so bitter about the PT they cannot even bear to watch the whole series any more, I can sort of understand. my hope is that it never comes to that for us Trekkies.

 

[MattJC]

but he's doing a prequel, Biggshow. of TOS, no less. that alone makes me a bit apprehensive, you've got to understand. but I'm keeping an open mind and an open heart. he SEEMS to be on the right path so far.

and, Sector 7, thanks.

EDIT: I was never a Star Wars fan. and I kinda like the PT. but when I see old SW fans so bitter about the PT they cannot even bear to watch the whole series any more, I can sort of understand. my hope is that it never comes to that for us Trekkies.

I'm not going to stop being a Trekkie, no matter what that jerk Abrams does. I still got 10 movies and 5 series to enjoy.

 

[number6]

but he's doing a prequel, Biggshow. of TOS, no less. that alone makes me a bit apprehensive, you've got to understand. but I'm keeping an open mind and an open heart. he SEEMS to be on the right path so far.

and, Sector 7, thanks.

EDIT: I was never a Star Wars fan. and I kinda like the PT. but when I see old SW fans so bitter about the PT they cannot even bear to watch the whole series any more, I can sort of understand. my hope is that it never comes to that for us Trekkies.

I'm not going to stop being a Trekkie, no matter what that jerk Abrams does. I still got 10 movies and 5 series to enjoy.

..and yet you still come here to troll people who look forward to seeing a new Trek film.

 

[Captain Kate]

I consider myself a Star Trek fan, just as I am a fan of many other things. I'm not that fussed about whichever labels people want to use. I grew up watching reruns of TOS and TNG, saw DS9 and Voyager when they first came on terrestrial, and like all of them to varying degrees. I haven't watched Enterprise properly, but I probably will at some point. I don't even pretend to have a massive, all-encompassing knowledge of everything Trek...I used to buy the occasional magazine, novels, computer games etc when I was younger, but now I mostly enjoy watching and collecting the DVDs and/ or various random episodes that get shown on Sky. I'm looking forward to going and seeing the new film, of course it has the potential to go horribly wrong but it could equally be amazing, will just have to wait and see..

 

[EnsignJulka]

I have been and always shall be a Star trek fan. For me TOS will always be my favourite series, it's the one that started it all and without it none of the series would have existed.

 

[Steve Roby]

My name is Steve, and I'm a Star Trek fan. I'm a fan of a lot of other things, too, and none of them have silly names for their fans -- well, except Doctor Who fans, some of whom apparently use "Whovian," but that seems to be more a mark of outsiders and newbies. But there are no endless debates about which silly name for film noir fans is the least embarrassing, and whether noiries are losers and noirites are dweebs and only noirons are true fans. I have to wonder whether the need to have a silly name (and trekkie, trekker, and trekkist all sound silly to me) is a sign of a fandom's collective immaturity. Not that collective immaturity is hard to find in Trek fandom, the "if you criticize any of it you can't call yourself a real fan" mindset being every bit as noxious as the "trekkie means this/trekker means that" nonsense or the "books aren't canon so they're worthless" garbage.

 

[Silvermane]

I have been and always shall be a Star trek fan. For me TOS will always be my favourite series, it's the one that started it all and without it none of the series would have existed.

Here, here! I am, also, one of those that thinks of himself as a trekkie - although I'm not knowledgeable enough to talk warp field mechanics or know the number of decks on ships like others here. Any other handle is an attempt to somehow 'mainstream' trek fans.

Let's face it, it ain't gonna happen. Football (american) fans can dress up and talk jargon (and have silly names for themselves) all day long and be 'acceptable'. We never will. Calling ourselves Trekkers or whatever won't change it. I'm okay with that.

BTW, Julka, your avatar rocks!

 

[Alidar Jarok]

but he's doing a prequel, Biggshow. of TOS, no less. that alone makes me a bit apprehensive, you've got to understand. but I'm keeping an open mind and an open heart. he SEEMS to be on the right path so far.

and, Sector 7, thanks.

EDIT: I was never a Star Wars fan. and I kinda like the PT. but when I see old SW fans so bitter about the PT they cannot even bear to watch the whole series any more, I can sort of understand. my hope is that it never comes to that for us Trekkies.

I'm not going to stop being a Trekkie, no matter what that jerk Abrams does. I still got 10 movies and 5 series to enjoy.

..and yet you still come here to troll people who look forward to seeing a new Trek film.

Knock it off doesn't mean knock it off for 5 days and then start again. Accusing other posters of being trolls is against the rules. One Warning for Flaming

 

[Michael Chris]

I am not a Star Trek fan, no.

 

[controlfreak]

I'm a Star Trek fan from wayyyy back. Can't wait for the new film.

 

[Warped9]

When I was in my teens and twenties I was self-conscious about being known as a Star Trek fan because you could get a lot of ribbing in those days for that from some. But into my thirties to the present I'm not self-conscious at all about it anymore. There are just too many people into things that at one time would have made you a target of ridicule. Fans of whatever appear to be in the majority now.

 

[Gepard]

I am not a Star Trek fan, no.

Agreed. I don't even know why I post here.

 

[ChristopherPike]

Until my dying day...

Some of the modern incarnations were more to my taste than others, but somehow I got through them all, ending on a high point with ENT Season 4.

 

[I am not Spock]

Yes, I am. But my obsession for it has kind of levelled off in recent years. There was a time when I was a fanatical Trekkie.

Especially when I was in my teens. I first saw TNG when I was 12, and then I got into repeats of TOS. DS9 and VOY followed. I was obsessed with all the shows and movies. I read the books. Bought comics, action figures, magazines, you name it.

When ENT came along, it left me kind of cold. So did the last couple of movies. But ENT did improve, in its last two seasons. Mayber it was just the fact that there is too much Trek that tapered my enthusiasm for it.

I used to prefer the more modern Trek series. Now, at 25 years of age, I realise that TOS is probably the best incarnation. But I still enjoy all the shows and movies, and I'm looking forward to seeing Abrams' take on it.

 

[Balthier the Great]

I'm a fan. I like the show. Forunately a combination of ADD and mild dyslexia have kept me away from the more hard core end of things.

But as for the labels

Trekkie -- If you like the show, you're a Trekkie.

Trekker -- You like the show, and rarely miss an episode

Trekkist -- You like the show, don't miss an episode, and you've collected a lot of Trek bling over the years.

Treknofarian -- Star Trek is your religion, and you believe that someday all mankind will live in a Trektopia and cruise the universe with a warp drive.

Beyond Treknofarian are various forms of insanity too horrifying to mention. If you're here, may Vaal have mercy on your soul.

 

[Sean Aaron]

Yeah, though DS9 is my favourite by far. Series on the shelf are TNG and DS9; films are the Special Editions of the TOS films minus V. I have all the DS9 relaunch books and look forward to the next. Someday I may pick up VOY and ENT and if the remastered TOS episodes get a DVD only release (no goofy HD/DVD hybrid, thanks) at a reasonable price I'll get those too.

Seen all the films in the theatre (I fondly remember the event of TMP with the music before the curtain went up; even got a programme, though I don't still have it) and despite feeling I could see the new one on video I'm thinking more and more that I have to see it in the theatre too -- despite how much I thoroughly hated Nemesis.

As I've gotten older I've been more content to get my geek on. I've played the CCG with teenagers and geeky guys my own age (cards are long since in the bin; if I could only get that money back!); I've enjoyed computer games and even scored an unopened TNG phone sock on eBay that I carry my mobile around in and whip out regularly in public. No t-shirts yet, but if the movie is a big hit and some stylish kit can be had out of it? Oh, and in front of my DS9 novel collection is a selection of Japanese plastic ship models. My wife ribs me about this stuff, but she's gotten me some nice books and even found a terrific card for my birthday that was Trek themed. Even now I'm playing Conquest on the Wii and getting a real charge out of it.

But those are all trappings -- my membership card or whatever. What draws me is the optimism about what human beings could be and despite a heavy dose of outward cynicism about the state of the world that we've created for our children to deal with, inside I still harbour the ideals that Trek embodies to me and I refuse to give them up no matter what happens.

 

[curtiscx]

If you are posting here, that pretty much qualifies you as a Star Trek "fan", regardless of which series/movie you watched or when you liked it.

 

[StarryEyed]

As the OP pointed out himself, odd question on a Star Trek BBS. Of course I'm a fan. I'm one who sees the thing as one big saga though, incorporating all the series. It can be pretty hard to make them all fit together - especially the first three seasons of Enterprise - but I'm not one to focus on one or two series while rejecting others. I love the whole Trek universe.

 

[greenmystik]

I define myself as a "Trekkie" when talking to other people about Star Trek. I see myself as a trekkie, even though the term seems to be used for the hardcore rabid fans. I think just liking Star Trek makes you a trekkie, and I don't ascribe to the negative aspect that people like to associate trekkies with.

 

[RandyS]

It's hard to nail down exact definitions of the following, but these seem to be the consensus -

Trekkie: A devoted fan of the television program Star Trek.

Trekker: What a devoted Star Trek fan who doesn't like the term "Trekkie" (because they think it's demeaning) calls themself.

Trekkist: Someone who likes the show, will watch it if it's on, but is not a devoted fan.

Personally I never understood those unnecessary differentiations. It's all just hollow words.

"Trekkie" is an outsider's term used to put us down.

"Trekker" is the fans response to "Trekkie".

I've never heard of "Trekkist" until today.

And yes, I am a fan of Star Trek which includes all of it, but only tolerates ENTERPRISE.

Some years back I had a falling out in my love for TOS because in my attempts to hook up with other Trek fans, I kept running into the same damn roadblock: Fandom was (and still is) divided into two groups: Those that love the 24th century shows, and those that love TOS only. This is what bothered me: Those in the "TOS only" crowd really meant Shatner only, and that annoyed the hell out of me. This was right around the time Kirk died in GENERATIONS. A plot point nowhere near as offensive as the lunatic fringe of fandom (the TOS only guys), made it out to be. It got so I couldn't watch TOS for a long time, and stuck only to Berman's stuff. The fans of these seemed to be (slightly) more welcoming, and a hell of a lot less snobbish. Over time though, I began to remember when I was little, how TOS was the only game in town, and I loved those guys back then, and let my affection for them return (although it took the news of De Kelley's death to do it).